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    Mar 17

    A key reason gene editing shouldn't be deregulated is all the hype about its precision & accuracy is BS. Even Harvard's George Church calls "a blunt axe". He says, "it's called editing, I think it's really genome vandalism." Yet the Govt thinks it needs no safety checks!

    " can persist in cells for weeks, bouncing around the chromosomes, producing damage to DNA over and over again every time it finds a near match to the intended target"— on how the 'gene editing' metaphor hides the messy cellular reality
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    15 hours ago

    If only more GMO supporters were as refreshingly frank, rather than trying to fool legislators and the public with double speak claims that gene editing products are not GMOs.

    This is a pretty stupid argument. Who would this convince, really? Same kind of doublespeak when some biologists say gene editing products are not GMOs.
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  3. 9 hours ago

    European Commission, NGOs brace for gene-editing battle According to Wageningen University Professor Louise Fresco, the issue (of gene-editing) will take centre stage during the UN Food Systems Summit on 23 September.

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  4. 11 hours ago

    The majority of countries with strong biotech industries are against a moratorium on deploying . Britain, with a big gene drive project underway at Imperial, is among these. The clearest blocker of ANY regulation is Brazil🇧🇷 which wants a rapid release of genedrives☣️

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    12 hours ago

    The use of "humanized" mice (i.e., genetically engineered mice with a human ACE2 receptor or other susceptibility or resistance components) by and other groups to study virus pathogenicity is even more dangerous than gain-of-function modifications of the viruses.

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  6. 11 hours ago

    The seed companies (like and Syngenta) are putting on the pressure (to start trying out as soon as possible). They hold most of the gene drive , especially for industrial agriculture.

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  7. 12 hours ago

    The pressure to try out is growing: companies like Syngenta and , foundations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and even countries like Brazil would like to start experiments immediately. They're resisting regulation and strict requirements.

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  8. 12 hours ago

    Does genetic engineering destroy or protect biodiversity? Can man override the basic rules of evolution? A crisp overview of core questions around is provided by this article by alt link

    Zerstört oder schützt Gentechnik die Artenvielfalt? Darf der Mensch die Grundregeln der Evolution außer Kraft setzen? Einen knackigen Überblick über Kernfragen rund um gibt der Artikel von .
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    13 hours ago

    With this, I think the disingenuity of Fauci’s denials of US funding of has become undebatable. That is a very welcome thing. Maybe now we can talk about regulation without the bullshit equivocation and evasive tactics of NIH officials opposed to safety controls.

    "Figure 35 of the year-four progress report..is shown below, as well as the associated caption"
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  10. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    Meanwhile, questions about the origins of Covid-19 have already raised concerns about the safety of U.S. biolabs, in light of the specific type of gain-of-function research that’s come under scrutiny in light of the lab-leak hypothesis.

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  11. 12 hours ago

    “Making chimeric coronaviruses, mixing and matching RBDs [a part of the virus that allows it to attach to receptors] and spike proteins is exactly the scenario imagined by many lab-leak scenario proponents,” biologist Stuart Newman () told The Intercept.

    NIH documents provide new evidence U.S. funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan by , ,
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    Sep 8

    Illegal GMO rice: Products recalled around the world 500 tonnes of Indian rice have gone into the food chain. **English language text** for 's report

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  13. 14 hours ago

    Important thread on how Bioceres is quietly expanding its cultivation of wheat in Argentina🇦🇷 According to its latest quarterly report, there are already 55,000 hectares planted with the HB4 glufosinate-resistant wheat—and its harvesting the seeds for still greater expansion

    El trigo transgénico HB4 se masifica en la Argentina. Sí: más allá del, a esta altura, mero trámite burocrático –venia política, en realidad– de otorgar luz verde a su lanzamiento comercial. La marcha del OGM avanza a paso redoblado. Va .
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    Sep 9

    France threatened with legal action over use of pesticides By allowing the systematic use of and , the French state has failed in its duty of care to the country’s wildlife, say

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  15. 16 hours ago

    No to the privatization of seeds No to & the seed corps Yes to food sovereignty—yes to life For the right of the Honduran people to a healthy life, w/out GMOs & pesticides For the respect of peasant & indigenous rights to the conservation & free circulation of seeds

    Small farmers in depend on their native seeds. The govt wants to get rid of them through a repressive -type seed law. Local groups like are fighting back. Their account (in Spanish):
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  16. 16 hours ago

    Freshwater ecosystems at risk due to use "Long-lasting species loss and compositional shifts have clear implications for the functioning and stability of freshwater ecosystems."

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  17. 16 hours ago

    Punjab: (Bt) cotton growers panic due to pink bollworm attack In 2015, a white fly attack caused immense damage to the () crop, affecting over 60% of the cotton. Facing losses, many farmers ended their lives, writes

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    17 hours ago

    As ever, carefully consider the impacts of but were study participants made aware of the immense suffering caused by gene editing experiments on farmed animals? Miscarriage, still births, deformities - too high a price to pay, surely?

    Today we publish findings of our public dialogue on and farmed animals, run by BASIS Social and . Strong public interest in how GE technologies will be used, who they will benefit, and implications for animal welfare:
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  19. Sep 9

    "We also report increasing applied toxicity to aquatic invertebrates & pollinators in corn and to terrestrial plants in (GMO) herbicide-tolerant soybeans since approximately 2010. Our results challenge the claims of a decrease in the environmental impacts of pesticide use."

    From April but worth another share: paper reveals total toxicity of insecticides applied to crops in the US has more than doubled - including for crops which are supposed to reduce spraying
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  20. Sep 9

    France threatened with legal action over use of pesticides By allowing the systematic use of and , the French state has failed in its duty of care to the country’s wildlife, say

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    Sep 8

    Farmers & consumers must have right to chose between organic, conventional, . MEPs – please maintain transparency about food

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